Are the politics in Illinois any indication of what this country would become if Obama is elected?

Question

Check out this article from the Daily Herald, (suburban newspaper). As an Illinois resident, I've COMPLETELY lost faith in my state government and this is exactly why! Do you want to see the rest of the country end up like Illinois? With degenerates holding high ranking government offices who consistently milk the taxpayers for every cent? Hiring friends and family to six figure jobs? If Obama is truly the "Change We Can Believe In", why hasn't he blown the whistle on corruption in Illinois? Why?

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=229757&src=109

Answer 1

Sen. Obama didn't invent Chicago politics.

Chicago politics invented Sen. Obama

Drill the Gold Coast

Answer 2

I lived in peoria illinois for 20 years.

When obama was elected to the state senate. Obama ran on a platform of getting gangs under control, and lowering taxes and real estate taxes.

When he got in office, I paid $1900 a year for real estate taxes.

3 years later, My real estate taxes went to $4900 a year. for a house I paid 80 grand for!

Cilco, the light compnay, ran away with their rates, they jumped 600% in one year. The governor said he was going to put a freeze on them so they couldnt raise anymore and were to give us all rebates.

David Alexrod who runs obamas campaign also owns the largest lobbying firm in the untied states.

Cilco hired him to lobby for them to get the gov to NOT freeze them. He lost thank god and we all got 1200 dollar rebate checks from cilco that year and their rates went back down.

Obama hand signed the petition that Alexrod used to try to help cilco and not us.

Illinois, look it up, we have the highest taxes in any of the 50 states, 57 states in obamas eyes/

Illinois, has the WORST roads and highways in any of the states.

look it up.

obama first year in office and every year after voted NO to harsher sentences for gang gun related crimes.

Obama voted NO to a 150 million dollar health care plan for underprivileged children.

Mayatg had a huge plant in chicago. tazes were raised each and every year in Illinois and still are. Maytag said, we cant do this anymore, we need tax relief help or we have to close.

Obama says, "I promise, I will work out a plan and turn it into the state and get you help" 1 mnth later, 3 months later, 5 months later, maytag kept asking, are you doing anything? obama says he is busy and will get to it and promise they will have an answer.

another 4 months go by, maytag says, we are gone this month if you dont do something.

Obama prepares a writ for them and turns it into them. It states that illinois will give them a 1% tax break IF and ONLY IF they bring back all of the 683 laid off employees.

The 1% tax break equated to 1 persons payroll for the year.

Maytag said, see ya!

closed down and 1800 employees were jobless.

I now live in Indiana and pay 600 dollars a year for real estate tax for 120 thousand house. we have no tax on food here and low tax on most items and only 6% tax on everything else.

The only thing obama helped in illinois was the fat cats and a buch of black business men.

In 3 years he got 71 african americans government grants to open business's. the first year, 36 of them NEVER started any business! the state is suing them for breah of the grant money.

21 more used the money to buy jest, cars, and jewelry, no business's.

7 of them opened "community houses" that were supposed to be a community gathering place for people. BUT those 7 out of 11 never let the places be used for the communities. 5 were used for left wing group meeting places and the others were just places that were actually homes instead of the business.

ALL of those are under investigation, some of them as of this 3 years ago were in prison for frauding the government.

see, Resko is just ONE of many people obama helped get money.

People say obama has nothing to do with lobbyist but David Alexrod who "uns" obamas campaign and tells obam what to say own the largest lobbying firm in the united states!

Answer 3

So, would that make Hillary Clinton responsible for the clean up of NYC or does that award go to Rudy Giuliani.

If you answered Giuliani than why would it be different for Illinois?

Answer 4

bc he is corrupt!

**** he wouldn't know how to blow the whistle on corruption, even if he had on the job training before his first day at the job****

Answer 5

Obama played the dirty chicago politics very well.  He didn't blow the whistle because he is one of them.  

Answer 6

Maybe.  I don't think so. Obama doesn't seem to be caught up in it.  Why hasn't Obama blown the whistle? He's not a DA or a US Attorney and never was. He's a legislator not a prosecutor.  According to the article the feds are going after the bad guys,

Illinois is pretty bad. But you should check out Alaska, it's no prize either.  

Answer 7

Actually positions of Power would become more racially Equal

I know your afraid that little tyrone just might try to make something of himself in America

that means that little white Johnny would have to work twice as hard to make it in the business world

no more free rides!-LOL

Answer 8

I would say the politics in Illinois are an indication of what this country would become if Obama is elected.

Michigan elected as Governor a woman by the name of Granholm, who came out of the corrupt administration of Mayor C.A. Young of Detroit.  As you may know Detroit has the one of the highest unemployment rates in the country as well as the lowest of income levels and from what I know I would say some of the highest taxes both real property and city income tax.  

Anyway, since the election of Democrat Gov. Granholm (who was mentored by Mayor Young) the whole state of Michigan has gone into the dumper. High unemployment, Tax increases and more new taxes, millions of homes in foreclosure, millions of business leaving the state (due to high corporate taxes = unfriendly business climate) and lost jobs.

Heaven help us if Obama is elected.

McCain/Palin08

Answer 9

And Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, he is evil!

Answer 10

Obama didn't really do much in Illinois senate except vote present every other time and accept some "cash on the side" from local business thugs like a drone that he is.

Answer 11

I understand your concern and worries. This is my opion.

        You have to decide which you think is going to s***w you less.  They are all liars and want you to believe that they are something better than they are.I feel you need to take thier past, experiances, and the lessons they learned from that. And would you trust them.

    It's a whole new world now, the dangers domestic and abroad are real and it's our choice as to who we think will be best for all and not only one or the other.

Answer 12

Amen! Blagojevich has raped this state of any surplus we ever had after Ryan left office. I don't know where you live, but if it is down state, I'm sure you noticed all the overgrown roadways and roadkill that was getting no attention earlier this summer. That was because our corrupt politicians didn't even leave enough money for us to do any basic maintenance until after the new fiscal year started in early July! My FIL works for the State over in Springfield and he told me that he's voting McCain. Otherwise we are in for an entire nation that is run like Illinois!

Answer 13

Um I live in Illinois as well. Obama hasn't been involved in state government for 4 years. And we all know the state is going to pot because of Blago who Obama can't stand.

Answer 14

Chicago's zip code is 60606, and that's where Obama grew up.

Coincidence?

Answer 15

They are good indicator of what will ignite the next civil war in this country between the red and the blue states if he is elected.

Answer 16

IT WOULD HAPPEN EVERYWHERE.